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Fiendish Thingy

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8. The government revises numbers all the time, in every administration

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 03:14 PM

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I’m not suggesting you should trust anything this administration says, but statistical revisions are not in and of themselves a reason for mistrust.

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How Can Anyone Trust The Numbers Coming From This Administration [View all] gab13by13 Yesterday OP

I don't believe anything, I don't even listen because I know it's gonna be a lie Walleye Yesterday #1

And last year th job count at the end of the year was revised downward by over 600,000 Wiz Imp Yesterday #2

How many times have the numbers been revised upward? gab13by13 Yesterday #7

It doesn't seem Wall Street is buying Trump's bullshit. C_U_L8R Yesterday #3

MaddowBlog-New report shows 2025 was even worse for U.S. job market than we thought LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #4

We Can't ProfessorGAC Yesterday #5

Can't... 2naSalit Yesterday #6

The government revises numbers all the time, in every administration Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #8

The largest revision in a decade gab13by13 Yesterday #9

Yup, it's a BFD. Nt Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #10

It is a cause for concern when... Wuddles440 Yesterday #11

This administration has not earned the people's trust Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #13

Agreed! Wuddles440 Yesterday #14

I need to be more clear, gab13by13 Yesterday #12

Reality: 800,000+ layoffs this year -- the worst YTD since 2020, per nonpartisan analysts. LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #15

"Are you saying they aren't really numbers? They're numbers! They're really numbers!" struggle4progress 22 hrs ago #16